Lead Expert - Communication Surveillance

SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Communications Surveillance Specialist to support compliance for our derivatives and other business units.

You will work with global teams to monitor, report, and enhance surveillance controls, manage risk, and develop Management Information, while ensuring regulatory obligations are met.

Fluent French preferred and strong MS Office skills are required, with 2-5 years in related roles.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in either communication surveillance, general compliance, and/or financial services.
• Respect for highly sensitive nature of the role.
• Teamwork: work collaboratively within immediate and wider global teams to complete existing and expanded surveillance requirements.
• Innovation: identification and project skills so to facilitate the implementation of initiatives designed to improve surveillance offering.
• High level documentation and presentation skills.
• French reading speaking, writing (business level) essential and other languages desirable.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent.
• Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to balance multiple, simultaneous priorities in a fast moving and demanding environment.
• Self-starter with the aptitude to work independently and with a well-diversified team.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Communications surveillance of SG’s derivative & other business units using the firm’s monitoring tools as directed by procedures, management and team protocols.
• Compile and issue relevant regulatory reporting obligations where required.
• With the London team and management, proactively manage the associated risks with the extended team coverage in Casablanca.
• Support the collation and development of Management Information.
• Lead the implementation and enhancement of surveillance approaches / innovations and/or strategic solutions to meet requirements.
• Maintain and monitor a database of remedial actions/recommendations arising from trade surveillance, to ensure timely and satisfactory resolution of issues identified.
• Participate and evolve the review of surveillance controls through engagement with Compliance and BU colleagues.
• Proactive and timely escalation of issues to management.
• Active participation at relevant industry and trade association seminars, feeding back relevant information internally.
• Identify, analyse, communicate and implement solutions to surveillance activities as a result of changes to regulation and/or market/company events.

Skills

Surveillance experience

Regulatory reporting

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

MS Office

French language

Organization skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Responsibilities

• Undertake Communications surveillance of SG’s derivative & other business units using the firm’s monitoring tools as directed by procedures, management and team protocols.
• Compile and issue relevant regulatory reporting obligations where required.
• With the London team and management, proactively manage the associated risks with the extended team coverage in Casablanca.
• Support the collation and development of Management Information.
• Lead the implementation and enhancement of surveillance approaches / innovations and/or strategic solutions to meet requirements.
• Maintain and monitor a database of remedial actions/recommendations arising from trade surveillance, to ensure timely and satisfactory resolution of issues identified.
• Participate and evolve the review of surveillance controls through engagement with Compliance and BU colleagues.
• Proactive and timely escalation of issues to management.
• Active participation at relevant industry and trade association seminars, feeding back relevant information internally.
• Identify, analyse, communicate and implement solutions to surveillance activities as a result of changes to regulation and/or market/company events.

Profile required

• 2-5 years of experience in either communication surveillance, general compliance, and/or financial services.
• Respect for highly sensitive nature of the role.
• Teamwork: work collaboratively within immediate and wider global teams to complete existing and expanded surveillance requirements.
• Innovation: identification and project skills so to facilitate the implementation of initiatives designed to improve surveillance offering.
• High level documentation and presentation skills.
• French reading speaking, writing (business level) essential and other languages desirable.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent.
• Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to balance multiple, simultaneous priorities in a fast moving and demanding environment.
• Self-starter with the aptitude to work independently and with a well-diversified team.
• Strong attention to detail.

Why join us

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Business insight

At Societe Generale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious. Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA. If you too want to be directly involved, grow up in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

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